1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
index e02a359d2aa5..02b47a603fc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 /*
  * Copyright 1992, Linus Torvalds.
+ *
+ * Note: inlines with more than a single statement should be marked
+ * __always_inline to avoid problems with older gcc's inlining heuristics.
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_BITOPS_H
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@
  * Note that @nr may be almost arbitrarily large; this function is not
  * restricted to acting on a single-word quantity.
  */
-static inline void set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+static __always_inline void
+set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
         if (IS_IMMEDIATE(nr)) {
                 asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "orb %1,%0"
@@ -90,7 +94,8 @@ static inline void __set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  * you should call smp_mb__before_clear_bit() and/or smp_mb__after_clear_bit()
  * in order to ensure changes are visible on other processors.
  */
-static inline void clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+static __always_inline void
+clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
         if (IS_IMMEDIATE(nr)) {
                 asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "andb %1,%0"
@@ -204,7 +209,8 @@ static inline int test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  *
  * This is the same as test_and_set_bit on x86.
  */
-static inline int test_and_set_bit_lock(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+static __always_inline int
+test_and_set_bit_lock(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
         return test_and_set_bit(nr, addr);
 }
@@ -300,7 +306,7 @@ static inline int test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
         return oldbit;
 }
 
-static inline int constant_test_bit(unsigned int nr, const volatile unsigned long *addr)
+static __always_inline int constant_test_bit(unsigned int nr, const volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
         return ((1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG)) &
                 (((unsigned long *)addr)[nr / BITS_PER_LONG])) != 0;